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Jones, B.M., Aleksandrov, A., Dyar, M. D., Hibbitts, C.K., and Orlando, T.M. (2020) Investigation of water interactions with Apollo lunar regolith grains. Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets. DOI:10.1029/2019JE006147.
McCanta, M.C., and Dyar, M.D. (2020) Effects of oxidation on pyroxene visible-near infrared and mid-infrared spectra. Icarus, 352, 113978.
Ytsma, C.R., and Dyar, M.D. (2019) Accuracies of lithium, boron, carbon, and sulfur quantification in geological samples with LIBS in Mars, Earth, and vacuum conditions. Spectrochim. Acta B, 162, 105715.
Di Guiseppe, D., Harper, M., Bailey, M., Erskine, B., Della Ventura, G., Ardit, M., Pasquali, L., Tomaino, G., Ray, R., Mason, H., Dyar, M.D., Hanuskove, M., Giacobbe, C., Zoboli, A., and Gualitieri, A.F. (2019) Characterization and assessment of the potential toxicity/pathogenicity potential of fibrous glaucophane. Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology, 178, 108723.
Roberts, S., Sheffer, A., Dyar, M.D., McCanta, M., and Sklute, E.C. (2019) Oxidation state of iron in fulgurites and trinitite: Implications for redox changes during abrupt high-temperature and pressure events. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 266, 332-350.
Dyar, M.D., Fassett, C.I., Giguere, S., Lepore, K., Byrne, S., Boucher, T., Carey, CJ, and Mahadevan, S. (2016) . Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 123, 93-104.
Dyar, M.D., Giguere, S., Carey, CJ, and Boucher, T. (2016) . Spectrochimica Acta Part B, 126, 53-64.
Dyar, M.D., Speicher, E.A., Gunter, M.E., Lanzirotti, A., Tucker, J.M., Carey, CJ, Peel, S.A., Brown, E.B., Oberti, R., and Delaney, J.S. (2016) . American Mineralogist, 101, 1171-1189.
Named as a recipient of Wellesley College’s 2020 Alumnae Achievement Award.
Egüez Guevara, P. (2025) has been selected and received accreditation to participate at the upcoming Festival de Cannes, in France, between May 13 and 20, 2025 as an accomplished professional in the film industry. The Festival de Cannes accreditation is exclusively reserved for professionals in the film industry who can provide evidence of recent professional activity and relevant updates within a set of professional categories related to film.